Job 19

Job · Chapter 19

Job 19:8

1Then Job answered and said,2How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?3These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.4And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?23Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.28But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?29Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
way myאָרְחִ֣י'a-re-CHIH0734
way

אֹ֫רַח (o.rach) 1) way, path 1a) path, road 1b) the path, way, passing of life (fig.) 1c) way of living (fig.) 1d) traveller, wayfarer (meton) Aramaic equivalent: o.rach (אֹ֫רַח "way" H0735)

he has walled upגָ֭דַרGA-darH1443
to wall up/off

גָּדַר (ga.dar) 1) to wall up, wall off, close off, build a wall 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wall up, shut off 1a2) masons (participle)

and notוְלֹ֣אve-LO'H3808
not

לֹא (lo) 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)

I will passאֶעֱב֑וֹר'e-'e-VORH5674A
to pass

עָבַר (a.var) 1) to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over 1a2) to pass beyond 1a3) to pass through, traverse 1a3a) passers-through (participle) 1a3b) to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant) 1a4) to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by 1a4a) passer-by (participle) 1a4b) to be past, be over 1a5) to pass on, go on, pass on before, go in advance of, pass along, travel, advance 1a6) to pass away 1a6a) to emigrate, leave (one's territory) 1a6b) to vanish …

and onוְעַ֥לve-'ALH5921A
upon

עַל (al) prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) …

paths myנְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗יne-ti-vo-TAIH5410B
path

נָתִיב (na.tiv) 1) trodden with the feet, path, pathway 2) path, pathway, traveller

darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCHO-shekhH2822
darkness

חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) 1) darkness, obscurity 1a) darkness 1b) secret place

he putsיָשִֽׂים׃ya-SIMH7760A
to set: make

שׂוּם (sum) : make/establish 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.